Biathlon World Championships 1973

Biathlon World Championships 1973
Host cityLake Placid, New York
CountryUSA
Events2
Opening2 March 1973 (1973-03-02)
Closing4 March 1973 (1973-03-04)

The 12th Biathlon World Championships were held in 1973 in Lake Placid, United States. It is the first time the championships took place outside Europe.[1]

Men's results

20 km individual

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Tikhonov  URS 2 1:24:30.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gennady Kovalyev  URS 1 1:27:17.2
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tor Svendsberget  NOR 5 1:28:08.2

4 × 7.5 km relay

Medal Name Nation Penalties Result
1st place, gold medalist(s) Soviet Union

Alexander Tikhonov
Rinnat Safin
Yuriy Kolmakov
Gennady Kovalyev

 URS
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Norway

Tor Svendsberget
Esten Gjelten
Ragnar Tveiten
Kjell Hovda

 NOR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) East Germany

Dieter Speer
Manfred Geyer
Herbert Wiegand
Günther Bartnick

 GDR

Medal table

Place Nation 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Total
1  Soviet Union 2 1 0 3
2  Norway 0 1 1 2
3  East Germany 0 0 1 1

References

  1. ^ *Sports 123 biathlon results